gnokii-smsd software package provides SMS Daemon for mobile phones, you can install in your Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install gnokii-smsd
gnokii-smsd is installed in your system.
Make ensure the gnokii-smsd package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep gnokii-smsd *
You will get with gnokii-smsd package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak |
| Section | Communication Programs |
| Package | gnokii-smsd |
| Version | 0.6.31+dfsg-2ubuntu5 |
| Description | SMS Daemon for mobile phones |
| Sub Section | comm |